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<span class="t-li">1)</span> Same as <code><b>noexcept</b></code> <code><b>(</b></code> <code><b>true</b></code> <code><b>)</b></code>
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<span class="t-li">2)</span> If <span class="t-spar">expression</span> is true, the function is declared to not throw any exceptions.
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<p>The noexcept-specification (just like <a href="except_spec.html" title="cpp/language/except spec">exception specification</a>) can appear as a part of a <a href="function.html" title="cpp/language/function">function declarator</a> when declaring functions, pointer to functions, references to functions, or pointers to member function type, and also when declaring a parameter or a return type of a function that happens to be a pointer or reference to function. It cannot appear in a <a href="typedef.html" title="cpp/language/typedef">typedef</a> or <a href="type_alias.html" title="cpp/language/type alias">type alias</a> declaration.
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<div dir="ltr" class="mw-geshi" style="text-align: left;"><div class="cpp source-cpp"><pre class="de1"><span class="kw4">void</span> f<span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span> <span class="kw1">noexcept</span><span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// the function f() does not throw</span>
<span class="kw4">void</span> <span class="br0">(</span><span class="sy2">*</span>fp<span class="br0">)</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span> <span class="kw1">noexcept</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="kw2">false</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// fp points to a function that may throw</span>
<span class="kw4">void</span> g<span class="br0">(</span><span class="kw4">void</span> pfa<span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span> <span class="kw1">noexcept</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span>  <span class="co1">// g takes a pointer to function that doesn't throw</span>
<span class="co1">// typedef int (*pf)() noexcept; // error</span></pre></div></div>
<p>The noexcept-specification is not a part of the function type. However, if any declaration of a function has a noexcept specification that isn't <code>noexcept(false)</code>, other declarations of the same function has to have the same noexcept-specification. Similar restrictions apply to overriders of a <a href="virtual.html" title="cpp/language/virtual">virtual function</a> and to initialization and  assignment of pointers to functions (target entity has to have identical or more permissive exception specification).
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<div dir="ltr" class="mw-geshi" style="text-align: left;"><div class="cpp source-cpp"><pre class="de1"><span class="kw4">void</span> f<span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span> <span class="kw1">noexcept</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="kw4">void</span> f<span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// error, incompatible exception specifications</span>
<span class="kw4">void</span> g<span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span> <span class="kw1">noexcept</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="kw2">false</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="kw4">void</span> g<span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// ok</span></pre></div></div>
<p>If a search for a matching <a href="try_catch.html" title="cpp/language/try catch">exception handler</a> leaves a function marked <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp"><span class="kw1">noexcept</span></span></span> or <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp"><span class="kw1">noexcept</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="kw2">true</span><span class="br0">)</span></span></span>, <span class="t-lc"><a href="../error/terminate.html" title="cpp/error/terminate">std::terminate</a></span> is called immediately.
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<p>Any user-defined <a href="destructor.html" title="cpp/language/destructor">destructor</a> is <code>noexcept(true)</code> by default, unless the declaration specifies otherwise, or the destructor of any base or member is <code>noexcept(false)</code>.
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<div dir="ltr" class="mw-geshi" style="text-align: left;"><div class="cpp source-cpp"><pre class="de1"><span class="kw1">template</span><span class="sy1">&lt;</span><span class="kw1">class</span> T<span class="sy1">&gt;</span> T f<span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span> <span class="kw1">noexcept</span><span class="br0">(</span>sizeof<span class="br0">(</span>T<span class="br0">)</span> <span class="sy1">&lt;</span> <span class="nu0">4</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="kw4">int</span> main<span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span> <span class="br0">{</span>
    decltype<span class="br0">(</span>f<span class="sy1">&lt;</span><span class="kw4">void</span><span class="sy1">&gt;</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="br0">)</span> <span class="sy2">*</span>p<span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// f unevaluated, but noexcept-spec is needed</span>
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<li> the specification is needed to compare to another function declaration (e.g. on an virtual function overrider or on an explicit specialization of a function template)
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<li> the specification is needed because a defaulted special member function needs to check it in order to decide its own exception specification (this takes place only when the specification of the defaulted special member function is, itself, needed).
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<p>The exception specification of a function template specialization is not instantiated along with the function declaration; it is instantiated only when <i>needed</i> (as defined above).
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<p>The exception-specification of an implicitly-declared special member function is also evaluated as needed (in particular, implicit declaration of a member function of a derived class does not require the exception-specification of a base member function to be instantiated)
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<p>When the noexcept-specification of a function template specialization is <i>needed</i>, but hasn't yet been instantiated, the dependent names are looked up and any templates used in the <span class="t-spar">expression</span> are instantiated as if for the declaration of the specialization.
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<p>One of the uses of the constant <span class="t-spar">expression</span> is (along with the <a href="noexcept.html" title="cpp/language/noexcept"><code>noexcept</code> operator</a>) to define function templates that declare <code><b>noexcept</b></code> for some types but not others.
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<p>Note that a <code><b>noexcept</b></code> specification on a function is not a compile-time check; it is merely a method for a programmer to inform the compiler whether or not a function should throw exceptions.  The compiler can use this information to enable certain optimizations on non-throwing functions as well as enable the <a href="noexcept.html" title="cpp/language/noexcept"><code>noexcept</code> operator</a>, which can check at compile time if a particular expression is declared to throw any exceptions. For example, containers such as <span class="t-lc"><a href="../container/vector.html" title="cpp/container/vector">std::vector</a></span> will move their elements if the elements' move constructor is <code><b>noexcept</b></code>, and copy otherwise (unless the copy constructor is not accessible, but a potentially throwing move constructor is, in which case the strong exception guarantee is waived).
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<p><code><b>noexcept</b></code> is an improved version of <a href="except_spec.html" title="cpp/language/except spec"><span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp"><span class="kw1">throw</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span></span></span></a>, which is deprecated in C++11.  Unlike <a href="except_spec.html" title="cpp/language/except spec"><span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp"><span class="kw1">throw</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span></span></span></a>, <code><b>noexcept</b></code> will not call <span class="t-lc"><a href="../error/unexpected.html" title="cpp/error/unexpected">std::unexpected</a></span> and may or may not unwind the stack, which potentially allows the compiler to implement <code><b>noexcept</b></code> without the runtime overhead of <a href="except_spec.html" title="cpp/language/except spec"><span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp"><span class="kw1">throw</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span></span></span></a>. 
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<p><a href="../keyword/noexcept.html" title="cpp/keyword/noexcept"><tt>noexcept</tt></a>
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<div dir="ltr" class="mw-geshi" style="text-align: left;"><div class="cpp source-cpp"><pre class="de1"><span class="co1">// whether foo is declared noexcept depends on if the expression</span>
<span class="co1">// T() will throw any exceptions</span>
<span class="kw1">template</span> <span class="sy1">&lt;</span><span class="kw1">class</span> T<span class="sy1">&gt;</span>
  <span class="kw4">void</span> foo<span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span> <span class="kw1">noexcept</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="kw1">noexcept</span><span class="br0">(</span>T<span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="br0">)</span> <span class="br0">{</span><span class="br0">}</span>
 
<span class="kw4">void</span> bar<span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span> <span class="kw1">noexcept</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="kw2">true</span><span class="br0">)</span> <span class="br0">{</span><span class="br0">}</span>
<span class="kw4">void</span> baz<span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span> <span class="kw1">noexcept</span> <span class="br0">{</span> <span class="kw1">throw</span> <span class="nu0">42</span><span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="br0">}</span>  <span class="co1">// noexcept is the same as noexcept(true)</span>
 
<span class="kw4">int</span> main<span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span> 
<span class="br0">{</span>
    foo<span class="sy1">&lt;</span><span class="kw4">int</span><span class="sy1">&gt;</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span>  <span class="co1">// noexcept(noexcept(int())) =&gt; noexcept(true), so this is fine</span>
 
    bar<span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span>  <span class="co1">// fine</span>
    baz<span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span>  <span class="co1">// compiles, but at runtime this calls std::terminate</span>
<span class="br0">}</span></pre></div></div>
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<td>  <a href="noexcept.html" title="cpp/language/noexcept"> noexcept operator </a>
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<td>  determines if an expression throws any exceptions <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(since C++11)</span> 
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<td>  <a href="except_spec.html" title="cpp/language/except spec"> exception specification </a>
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<td>  specifies what exceptions are thrown by a function <span class="t-mark">(deprecated)</span> 
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<td>  <a href="throw.html" title="cpp/language/throw"> throw expression </a>
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<td>  signals an error and transfers control to error handler
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<div><a href="../utility/move_if_noexcept.html" title="cpp/utility/move if noexcept"> <span class="t-lines"><span>move_if_noexcept</span></span></a></div>
<div><span class="t-lines"><span><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span></span></span></div>
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<td>   obtains an rvalue reference if the move constructor does not throw  <br> <span class="t-mark">(function template)</span> 
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